The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-04
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by Arnati has just been sold Tor 9o,oVo'
THE Brazilian government has prohibited
meetings in favor of the abolition of slavery.
I A MAN named Gilbert is said to have walked
and ran from Paris to Boulogne, 1856 miles, IN
thirty-siX consecutive hours, or at tne average
rate of -four and one-third miles per hour'
A HORSE at Reading. Pa, stepped upon little
dog that was barking at it in the street, out'
Immediately bending down his head, began
licking the little sufferer and uttered SOUNDS OF
genuine sorrow.
THE METHODIST CHURCH has taken another
step toward establishing in the vicinity OF
Olathe, Kan. a university. 1t has accepted the
proposition of the town Of Olathe to give IL
100000 for university purposes
ONE of the most original specimens OF German
journalism is the weekly sheet about to appear
in Lorrach. Baden. under the title of ne
MOther-in-L Lar every subscriber TO whlcn
lnale or female may also be contributor
AN ODD TIMEPIEcE is shown in a Philadelphia
window. The front of the clock is large
round waiter. The hours are marked on a
dozen oyster shells. A small plate garnished
with slices of lemon, conceals the works, ana
the hands are knife and fork.
IT is SAID that the late Avian Clark, the most
eminent manufacturer of telescope lenses III
the world, never saw a lens ground. 1t was his
business to take the lens which others had pre-
which 1t would be useless to the astronomer.
A RATHER with ten rattles attacked George
Early, of Tyaskin, Md. and wound its body
around Early's legs He had on pair of high
| gum boots that saved his life. for the snake
| fought furiousy and fastened its fangs in the
| boots. The snake proved to be seven feet long.
\ BRIDGEPORT, Conn, man presented at
bank another's check for 1921. The maker of
the check had only 1913 81 on deposit, and the
| 10 Thnn ma n
| with the check deposited 63c. to the other mans
credit, again presented the check and got the
| money.
| A GENTLEMAN at Newburg. n V, occupies
house down town which he leased thirty years
ago and has lived in continually ever since. 1t
| was hired for S135: and it was stipulated that
| the rent should not be increased so long SIS the
tenant retained it. The landlord has been as
| good as his word ....'
| The Burgomaster of Baden Baden, where the
| Berlin Walhalla company is performing. has
| forbidden the repetition of an operetta, 1.-THE
Vagabond,' in which Russian institutions are
ridiculed. His reason is not fear of the Car,
but respect for the feelings of the large Russian
| colony in the town.
Four COUPLES are living in Killingworth,
Conn, who were married in 1887, and three other
couples are living in other places who were mar
| ried in Kilngworth in the same year Twelve
of the fourteen individuals are natives of that
! formed by the Rev E. G. Swift.
| THE first real estate investment made in Port.
land Ore , by Chinese was the recent purchase
of a building lot by Seid Black for $4,000. Not
| poverty, but impression that they cannot
| legally hold real estate. has kept the Chinese
| there from making similar investments. Seid
Blacks purchase is counted a good bargain.
BRIDAL PARTIES who visit Washington are dis
appointed because they cannot ascend to the
top of the Washington monument. Congress
| made no appropriation for furnishing steam
power to run the elevator and unless special
| measure is introduced at the next session the
! top of the shaft will be inaccessible during an
| other fiscal year.
| IT Is asserted that it is not unusual thing
| for women who frequently go back and forth
| between Canada and the United States along
| the border of the Ontario peninsula to wear a
| smuggling bag. The continuance is suspended
| from the waist. reaches within few inches of
| the hem of the skirt, and will hold almost as
| much as a furniture van
The engineers of heavy doubleheader train
saw child on the track near the village of Rock
| Glen, n. Y. They whistled for brakes and when
! the train was almost upon the child, one of the
| engineers leaped from his locomotive, and, run
| ming ahead caught the infant from the track
| AS a reward the mother has recorded the engin-
| GERS name i'll the family Bible.
AMONG the Chauhcey collection of autographs
|
rant under which Bunyan was arrested for the
| third time and imprisoned for six months dur
| ing which time he is said to have written the
| first part of The Pilgrims Progress" The
| warrant is dated March l. 1614-5, and is signed
| by twelve Justices, six of whom were members
| of Parliament. and three of whom had originally
| committed him for the previous twelve wears
| Imprisonment Bunyan in it is described as a
| ''tynker"
| Mrs MCREYNoLDs, of Montgomery county
| Tennessee, without any apparent cause iunlp, d
from a train that was running thirty miles an
hour, near Cedar Hill, Tenn Saturday. The
| train went back and waited half an hour while a
| search was being made for her. Citizeus with
| lanterns, kept up the search all night Next
| morning, much bruised and evidently insane
| she walked into a farmers house, some distance
| from where she had jummped from the train
| She said she jumped because they were going to
| hang her
| MAN at Prague, Bohemia, swallowed small
watch with chain attached, which joker had
| slipped into a glass of beer while the mans
back was turned. The metals dissolved by the
| acids of his stomach, has poisoned that organ
and keeps 1t in an inceSsant state of fever max
| ing him unable to retain food. The man has
| been dismissed from the Munich Hospital as in
| durable, and now lies in hospital at Prague
kept alive by food artificially infested waiting
| to see whether the watch will all dissolve or he
will die first.
A MEETING of more than ordinary interest took
place recently at the Christian chapel Just south
of the grove in the Orpndorf settlement. near
| Bloomington. The Hon. James Robinson CON
| Quoted religious services He is 90 years old
and has been preacher for seventy wears with
| out intermiSsion. He was a member of the
| Illinois Legislature in lS47. and il the oldest
man in Illinois who has served in TIL. General
Assembly. At this advanced age his voice is
! strong and his form erect and vigorous His
sermon was touching and eloquent
MOVEMENT is on foot looking to the erection
| of new crematory in New York city wherein
! bodies are TO be incnerated by electricity. The
scheme is regarded as IL feasible one. and. it is
! believed, will do much toward removing the
| prejudice existing against cremation bV the
| elaborate methods practiced in PennsyIyania
| Long Island aud elsewhere The electric ere
matory is the invention of Scilian The heat
| is generated by q dynamo of a pattern similar
| to that used in the incandescant electric light
| system, and succeeds in evaporating as it were
| the bodies till nothing remains
TIRE American Missionary Association will
hold its forty-flrst annual meeting in Portland.
Me-, Oct % '21. This missionary body is a ma
| tional organization and draws its support from,
| Christian people ia every State and Territory
| Its missionary labors, which are both evangelis-
| tic and educational, are devoted especially TO
| the poor and neglected classes. It's missionaries
number 4l6, of whom 355 are in the South. IS
among the indians. AMI 81 among the Chinese,
| In It's schc OILS are 1917 pupils. It's range of
teaching includes the industrial AT the South